Staff Technical Lead Manager, Scenes, Onboard Map Expansion
Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Waymo's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Waymo's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Waymo
- high 348 stale, 9 reposted of 353 open
- Hiring momentum
- 490 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Waymo's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Waymo.
About this role
As a Staff Technical Lead Manager for Scenes at Waymo, you will work on designing and implementing solutions for behavioral driving issues in new cities. This role involves collaborating with various teams to build quantitative evaluation techniques and enhance the performance of the Waymo Driver through data-driven development.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Waymo as an employer.
What you need
- PhD, Masters or Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field
- Experience manipulating and analyzing large datasets
- Experience with working and solving design problems that cut across multiple components
- High quality API design with an eye towards eval and data driven techniques
Nice to have
- Experience in the autonomous driving domain, including areas like motion planning or perception
- Proficiency in SQL
- Proficiency in C++
- Evaluation experience, contributing to scalable eval workflows and building metrics for ML models
What you get
- Discretionary annual bonus program
- Equity incentive plan
- Generous Company benefits program
Worth weighing
- No specific details on the tech stack used
- Salary range provided but actual pay depends on various factors
- Role involves complex problem-solving across multiple components which may require diverse skill sets
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Listed by Waymo on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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